Constitutional Provision Quotes
New York State was so concerned about the separation of church and state that they would not allow any religious cleric or official, to serve in any position of the state militia or government. Delaware had earlier placed the same prohibition against clerics serving in any branch of the government. See {621428} The Bill of Rights did not go that far, but there are a few religions that also support this notion. Perhaps the most dramatic example was Pope John Paul’s prohibition of Priests running for elective office.
Upon the death of President William Henry Harrison a month after he took office, John Tyler, the Vice President, assumed the Presidency according to the Constitution. This Vice President assuming the Presidency was shocking to many.
Washington, although the presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention, said almost nothing for such was the respect for him that he cou;d sway almost any issue. But the absurdity of limiting the size of the American Army was too much for him, and his clever way of phrasing his concern ended discussion of that idea without any ill feelings.
Without this clause in our Constitution, State government and a Federal system would not work well. If one state did not have to recognize the acts and decisions of another, there would be no nation—just a loose amalgam of states.
India is composed of states much like the United States. However, under the Indian Constitution the sovereignty of the individual states is not guaranteed as in the United States. When the national government of India feels that a particular state is unable to govern themselves properly due to violence, corruption, or incompetence of the state governor and his administration, “President’s Rule” is declared and that entire state is operated as a department of the Federal government until the state is stabilized and “President’s Rule” is revoked.
